• CSAE Alberta Chat & Cheers

    Join the free virtual networking events hosted each month by local CSAE Network Councils and take part in facilitated conversation about a current topic relevant to association professionals. All are welcome to this event at no charge (both members and non-members).

    When

    Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 4:00 – 5:00 PM MDT

    What We Will Talk About

    Land Acknowledgement: One Settler’s Work-in-Progress Journey in Active Reconciliation

    This session will provide a safe and supportive space for all participants to explore Land Acknowledgement and its relationship with Truth and Reconciliation. Whether you have well-established personal and/or organizational practices for Land Acknowledgement, are just considering first steps, or are looking for ways to deepen your practices, all are welcome to this conversation with open minds and hearts so we can exchange ideas, resources and learn together.

    Alli considers herself to be a student of Land Acknowledgement and will have a package of materials and resources that have been helpful for her continuing learning journey to share with interested participants. If possible, participants are asked to engage as fully as possible, with the ability to turn on cameras and mics for breakout room and main room discussions.

    Facilitator

    Alli Marshall, Founder / Principal Consultant, Strix Insights

    Alli Marshall is a settler woman, and as she has come to learn, a guest in this country she calls home. Her personal reconciliation journey has been fuelled by her childhood experiences growing up in Chief Drygeese Territory, the traditional home of the Yellowknives Dene, and now homeland of the North Slave Métis Alliance. It took almost 15 years after graduation for her to learn that Akaitcho Hall, the residence connected to her high school, was one of the last residential schools to close in Canada. Land Acknowledgement has been an important part of her personal reconciliation process, and also an important reconcili-action that she supports when gathering clients for online and in-person strategy facilitation and team culture coaching.